“I got out fast. Later, I heard that Lornah Kiplagat from Kenya was in front of me for the first 400 meters. I don’t remember her at all. In fact, I don’t remember any of the competitors. I looked up Grand Avenue to the first turn, a left, in the distance, and ran to it. I took the turn, then looked for the next target. A lamppost. I chased it, working to extend myself with each step out of the speed I was in and into a faster one.” - Deena Kastor